New Control

The new ASPxFileManager control will be part of the ASPxperience Suite in the DXperience v2010 volume 2 release.

Are you looking forward to this powerful and versatile ASP.NET file manager control? Drop me a line below with your thoughts. Thanks!

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I am currently trying to implement a feature similar to this using your other controls and your ASPxTreeList.

22 October, 2010

Bob Archer

What is this doing? Is it browsing files on the local client machine or on the server or what?

22 October, 2010

Mehul Harry (DevExpress)

@Christopher,

The DXperience v2010.2 beta will probably be available in early November.

22 October, 2010

Mehul Harry (DevExpress)

@Bob,

Sorry, wasn't clear enough. This new control allows your end-users to browse, manage and upload files to a sub-folder of your choosing on the web server.

22 October, 2010

Bob Archer

Ah... ok that is a nice use case for a control to support. We allow users to upload "letters" (word docs) basically templates that we use for mail merge's. But the interface is currently kind of clumsy.

I assume you have to provide the ASP.net worker process's account (Network Service) read-write access to the folder in question.

Thanks,

BOb

22 October, 2010

Haithem

You guys, you are really reading and realizing my dreams. And I really can not wait to see that available.

Talking about that, @Mehul you said, the beta will be available by early November so should I assume there no Vol 3 this year?

22 October, 2010

Mehul Harry (DevExpress)

@Haithem

Thanks! And you're correct. We've got to 2 releases per year now. From our roadmap:

"In order to produce the breadth and quality of the controls, tools, and frameworks you’ve come to expect and enjoy, we’ve had to make a hard decision. Our products are complex enough and are interdependent and interconnected enough that producing a quality major release is a significant endeavor. For instance, we estimate that, in 2009, fully one quarter of our developers’ time was spent on release-related work and not on producing more functionality, features, and enhancements. With those kinds of statistics to back us up, we have resolved to produce two major releases in 2010, instead of the more usual three. These major releases will occur at the beginning of quarter 2 (say, April), and at the beginning of quarter 4 (say, October). Minor releases will continue to be released as and when necessary, usually once a month. Of course, each of these new style releases will have more features than the older style release: we aim to provide as much, if not more, functionality than ever before."

22 October, 2010

George Fahnbulleh_1

Enough already, Mehul. I need this two weeks ago. That was not a typo.

23 October, 2010

daniel weisel

Does this also have SessionState capability (meaning that each logged-on user will see their own folder and files)? And if yes - how is this controlled on the Server-Side?

Thanks, and great work!

23 October, 2010

Mehul Harry (DevExpress)

@George,

The DXperience v2010 volume 2 beta should be available in a few weeks. :)

24 October, 2010

Mehul Harry (DevExpress)

@Daniel,

Not within though you can easily manage it on the server side methods. The root folder you expose is controlled through a property so you can easily set that folder based on the logged in user.

Thanks.

24 October, 2010

paul-kettlewell

When is this beta or even full release available - we've been looking for a component for ages that does what this does - any further news?

Thanks.

15 February, 2011

Mehul Harry (DevExpress)

Hi Paul,

The ASPxFileManager control has been released and is available in the latest installation. Download it here: